- March 21st, 2018, 10:01 am#4904367Hire a better director and writer. Maybe Edgar Wright as a runner up as he knows how to balance horror, sci-fi, and action with wit and comedic flare.
Actually have a plot and likeable characters (not every character has to be comedic relief, refer to: Lenny Vs Andy Garcia) All four GBs In ATC, were pretty much interchangeable and didn't have any unique traits, what exactly was Abby and Erin's chemistry? Sure didn't feel like Peters sarcasm clashing with Ray's childlikeness.
Have the plot center around a real paranormal threat, not a magical ghost making machine which is a poor copout for how the ghosts appear in the story (the originals borrowed from HP Lovecraft, Bram Stoker and real Paranormal cases for their villains.)
Have a real theme addressed in the plot, ATC doesn't really present it's main characters as underdogs, the movie just kinda has them fired so the script can conveinently get them to being Ghostbusters. Where as in Gb1, we actually "feel" for their dilemmas and want them to succeed.
Editing and pacing, ATC is atrocious with this section, we barely even scrape a set up untill about 40 minutes in. Where as in Gb1 within the first 25 minutes, we actually have our heroes established as GBs and are introduced to the demon, Zuul.
Oh...and uh...what's Ghostbusters famous for..?..I forget..oh yea! COMEDY! ..have real jokes and comedy in the movie. Not the actors grasping for laughs and attention by making queef jokes, making faces, movie references, and dancing. Instead of that slop, actually have witty dialogue and situational humor (Peter and Zuul scene comes to mind)
Better ghost designs, the ghosts in ATC looked like blue-farts half the time, the only thing that stood out was the "skeleton flasher"...but..Balloons and ghost hamsters?..really?..where's the Titanic, Zombie cab driver, and the Washington Square orange giant? Those were some great designs and ideas. Which this comes to mind..
None of the ghosts imposed a threat or actual scare/atmosphere. Sure, alot of times in the originals the ghosts led themselves to some slapsticky moments, but..in the more subtle moments, like the tunnel scene in Gb2 or the dogs drag Dana scene in Gb1, the films weren't afraid to present a real threat to take a break from the humor.
Sorry, this movie is awful even just by simple filmmaking standards it needed alot of work.